When we were little, my brothers and I knew there were three
things which could almost always get our mother to stop the car
during a long driving trip: a roadside historical marker, an
antique store, or a rock shop. We were most interested in the
rock shops. Last Saturday, my son Paul and I drove 92 miles
from San Jose to meet my mother and our friend Patty (who
drove 61 miles from San Francisco) at the Vacaville Rock Shop,
also called:
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Consolidated Rock & Mineral 5115 Quinn Rd Vacaville, CA 95688 (707) 448-5525 |
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Patty has been telling us about this amazing place for years and
we did indeed have a wonderful time when we finally got there.
The very large shop offers a little of everything from all over
the world: minerals and gems (rough, polished, or cut and set), fossils
and petrified wood, redwood slabs, plus more utilitarian items such as
stone bowls, goblets, bookends, and tabletops. We wandered around
happily for about three hours.
Paul, Eleanor, and Patty
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amethyst nodule
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fossil fish
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sabertooth cat head
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fossil snail
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Patty and Eleanor
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crystal lamp
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fossil shells
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Katy
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jasper slice
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rounded crystals
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Mexican opal
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iridescent labradorite
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